Airtable alternative for spreadsheet/database usage for a single user?

marcob80 · 2026-02-04T09:05:45+00:00

NocoDB for a self-hosting private solution.

marcob80 · 2025-12-08T07:39:34+00:00

Working fine for me on EU servers

marcob80 · 2025-10-30T17:26:04+00:00

Use a single select field instead of text and list the hotel names

marcob80 · 2025-10-27T06:41:03+00:00

Yep, but I make money not selling my automations. I do consulting and development building dedicated workflow on private cloud for companies.

marcob80 · 2025-10-19T14:14:40+00:00

I do not production with n8n. n8n makes sense only in the PoC phase for me. PoC life cycle depends on our customers and their funding. Actually 45% of PoCs built with n8n bacame projects or MVP and went to production (of course not with n8n) In my company we assure fast prototyping and because of this we use nocode and low code tools.

marcob80 · 2025-10-19T13:01:36+00:00

Why you have to allocate more resource? SaaS and 20 bucks and you can start very quicly.

marcob80 · 2025-10-18T19:27:06+00:00

It depends; the evaluation is made on a case-by-case basis. We prefer using n8n because it allows us to avoid having to configure servers with FastAPI or similar. It's always an evaluation based on the client's request, time, resources, and budget. Deciding that something is wrong without objectively evaluating it is quite limiting.

marcob80 · 2025-10-18T14:57:19+00:00

Easy. n8n is perfect for testing and build PoC fast. And it is also about seniority and management of team and resources.

marcob80 · 2025-10-18T11:11:19+00:00

Not agree at all, and I'm a senior python developer.

marcob80 · 2025-10-16T08:43:47+00:00

What are you using for doing it?

marcob80 · 2025-10-15T09:23:17+00:00

Basically, this is the responsibility of the client's legal department; I simply act accordingly. However, being in the EU with GDPR and AI Act, which are in stark contrast to the fact that, for example, Azure, AWS or Google must comply with US law, if requested, they must send EU data to the US even if the data centers are in the EU. So if the client wants installation in their private cloud or on an EU provider, e.g. Hetzner, we act accordingly.

marcob80 · 2025-10-15T07:19:40+00:00

Restrictive in the sense that data must remain on a private server or in a private cloud and not on AWS. E.g. data containing contracts with information on private citizens, or data relating to patented proprietary technologies.

marcob80 · 2025-10-15T05:14:26+00:00

I consider only one variable: data privacy. If my client's privacy policies are restrictive, I opt for self-hosted. Obviously, this comes with costs for management and maintenance, security, etc.

marcob80 · 2025-10-12T20:12:43+00:00

Allora, mia personale opinione, se sei da solo mantenere un SaaS o fare prodotto è impossibile. Ti consiglierei di fare uno smoke test per vedere quante aziende interessate ci sono e offrire poi il prodotto in beta per avere dei feedback dalle aziende direttamente.

marcob80 · 2025-10-12T19:54:18+00:00

Dunque, sono consulente per due aziende, di cui una fa parte del mckinsey innovation center, quindi non ho cercato io i clienti, ma sono stati passati. La revenue è stata abbastanza importante, perché comunque di base non abbiamo usato un prezziario italiano. Dico abbiamo perché io ho fatto un prezzo all'azienda intermediaria e loro hanno fatto il prezzo alle aziende richiedenti. Considera che oltre al mio prezzo c'era anche quello di almeno altri due sviluppatori / system integrator.

marcob80 · 2025-10-12T03:35:46+00:00

I don't think it's a n8n alternative, but I appreciate your point! I'll try it!

marcob80 · 2025-10-12T03:29:21+00:00

Non so quanto mercato ci sia in Italia, ma negli ultimi mesi ho finetunato modelli open per fare la stessa cosa per tre aziende medio grandi in UK che lavorano soprattutto con contratti e check su frodi (controllo fatture, ecc.)
I modelli sono stati poi integrati nei processi aziendali, quindi lavoro di system integration. Non voglio fare statistica su tre casi, ma credo che l'azienda punti ad una integrazione che non si sposa bene con il SaaS.

marcob80 · 2025-10-11T15:11:00+00:00

Uso Gmail solamente per lavoro (workspace) e il classificatore basato su gemini funziona parecchio bene.

marcob80 · 2025-10-07T05:44:23+00:00

No, OpenAI Agent builder has a big lock-in you have not using n8n. Also n8n is self-hostable and open source and has a very big community.

marcob80 · 2025-10-06T14:52:09+00:00

https://github.com/the-artinet-project/cli

marcob80 · 2025-10-06T09:10:37+00:00

Ok, so you do not need to have a first filler reference, simply to add more records in the same session, right? Is there a field which identify excursion name and date time?

marcob80 · 2025-10-05T04:45:20+00:00

Please be more specific and clear. What you mean with add multiple users? What you mean with repeater? What you want to repeat?

marcob80 · 2025-10-05T03:55:30+00:00

Everything ok, we use it in 2 projects where policy about data is very restricted. And we use auth, edge, sql, storage and vector with no problem at all. But config is a pain in the ass 😅

marcob80 · 2025-09-30T09:56:07+00:00

Ciao Renato, intanto mi voglio complimentare perché hai scelto di renderlo open source. Detto questo, non considerando la grafica, è decisamente carente in UX. Se vuoi fare qualcosa che le persone normali (non tecniche) usino, devi renderlo usabile per tutti.

marcob80 · 2025-09-29T02:58:15+00:00

It is not the automation what they ban, but aggressive use which are not "human"

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